Official UK procurement notice
Corporate Merchant Acquiring, Merchant Equipment & Payment Gateway Service Provider
Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)
The contract provides electronic payment processing and multiple-network merchant acquiring services for Norfolk County Council, enabling the Council to accept and manage electronic card payments. The estimated annual contract value is £261,000 excluding VAT, with an estimated value of £783,000 excluding VAT for the initial three-year term. The contract runs from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2029, with an option to extend for up to a further 24 months in 12-month increments by agreement between both parties.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCorporate Merchant Acquiring, Merchant Equipment & Payment Gateway Service Provider.
CPV: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The contract provides electronic payment processing and multiple-network merchant…Awarded
The contract provides electronic payment processing and multiple-network merchant acquiring services for Norfolk County Council, enabling the Council to accept and manage electronic card payments. The estimated annual contract value is £261,000 excluding VAT, with an estimated value of £783,000 excluding VAT for the initial three-year term. The contract runs from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2029, with an option to extend for up to a further 24 months in 12-month increments by agreement between both parties. Additional information: This contract was a directly awarded call off from a PfH framework with FTS Tender Notice number 2023/S 000-022827.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Paysuite Ltd | £783,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 105493-2026-1 · Access Paysuite Ltd
- Signed
- 24 Jul 2026
- Value
- £783,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Nov 2026, 08:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 08:36 GMT
- Authority reference
PA00004386- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105493- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b5f6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract was a directly awarded call off from a PfH framework with FTS Tender Notice number 2023/S 000-022827. This is allowed for under the PfH framework used - Electronic Payment Systems framework.
Publisher note: This contract was a directly awarded call off from a PfH framework with FTS Tender Notice number 2023/S 000-022827.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Access Paysuite LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.